(Gray News) – “A Charlie Brown Christmas” turns 60 years old on Tuesday. The classic 25-minute animated special debuted on television Dec. 9, 1965. It first appeared on CBS and is based on the comic ...

“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beloved animated television program, turns 60 this year. It is hard to imagine that it ...

One of the most beloved animated holiday TV specials, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” made its debut on CBS-TV on Dec. 9, 1965 — 60 years ago today. But as much as we love the special, it almost didn’t ...

“They hated it,” producer Lee Mendelson recalled in a 2003 interview with the Archive of American Television. “The two top people just hated it. They said, it’s too slow and it’s very religious … and ...

This Christmas, if you're searching for your favorite Peanuts Christmas special to pop on while you deck the halls, you may be disappointed to discover that A Charlie Brown Christmas is now ...

On Dec. 9, 1965, a half-hour animated Christmas special, based on the beloved Peanuts cartoon characters created by Charles Schulz, aired for the first time on CBS. Executives anxiously awaited the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Some families are Home Alone people. Some are Elf people. And then there are the folks who don't feel ...

On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted on CBS, and it became an instant classic. Lee Jenkins' home is proof ...